THE PLACE AND ROLE OF PRODUCTION CO-OPERATION IN AGRICULTURE: CASE OF SOUTHERN UKRAINE

The study makes analysis of the economic and social essence of the modern agricultural production co-operatives, their specific features, place and role. On this basis some theoretical and methodological principles as well as practical line of developing the form of management in the South of Ukraine are examined. It is shown that in 2002-2006 and insignificant increase in the number of co-operatives was only registered in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, whereas in Mykolayiv, Odesa and Kherson regions their number decreased because of the specific social and economic environment in those regions. The research conducted identifies the state of production co-operation process. The main directions of further production co-operation development that reflect both international principles and particularities of co-operative farming in Ukraine as whole and in its southern region are suggested.